cybercow wrote:
It sucks the same as all the other versions.
humm ... i don`t think so, because it`s an industrial cad standard indeed ...
hehe, was, was an industrial standard - well, ok, it's still used for 2D. Look, when it came out in the early '80s, it was revolutionary, became a standard. And if you learned that version, you can still use the program today, in the same way. See the problem?
It's quite capable for a lot of 2D tasks, which there are still many. But when they first added 3D, it was basically allowing you another dimension to draw your lines, there weren't any primitives or other features. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. But I'm biased from my engineering background, where having parametric capabilities is a big advantage. For other applications, that's not as important, and it's lasted longer there - architecture is apparently one.
Also, sucking is not incompatible with being a standard. Happens all the time.
I don't think "AutoCAD" and "modelling" belong in the same sentence
? constructing wired 3D architectural objects from plain views, before exporting them to some powerful animation / rendering tool it`s a quite standard task for acad ...
I still basically stand by my statement, although your right that it is a task done by acad. But if your used to another 3D "modelling" package, I think you'll be disappointed. You're looking for experiences, right? 3D is not the forte of 12, or 13. But generally, Autodesk has add-ons that will make your task at hand easier - whether it is architectural or mechanical or electrical, and those make a difference. However, all the unix versions I came across were "vanilla" autocad, or maybe had some 3D mechanical extensions. I don't know if any architectural versions were there for unix. If your modelling background was 3D "graphics" (surfaces, Maya, etc), you'll probably find acad a bit more livable than if your background was 3D mcad, where solids, parametric features are more essential. But I still don't think you'll like 13 that much for 3D. Later versions add more 3D capabilities. But I haven't used it's 3D features in years, it's strictly a 2D package for me.
Was very nice in DOS, tho.
) bloat-ware.
